Girl, 4, badly injured after firework flew into her scarf and exploded

A four-year-old girl can be heard screaming in pain after a firework explodes in her face in harrowing footage.
Little Maisie is recovering but was left scarred for life after the rocket flew sideways into her scarf during a display in her family’s garden last year.
Her mother Stephanie Roe has decided to release the shocking footage filmed last November to warn others about the dangers of fireworks.
Maisie, now five, is still receiving treatment almost a year on and her severe burns are likely to require skin grafts.
Stephanie, a police officer from Combe Martin, Devon, said: ‘I stood and... read more

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